Atlantic Theater Company - A Family

Episode Synopsis

Atlantic
Theater Company is the award-winning Off-Broadway theater that produces great
plays simply and truthfully by utilizing an artistic ensemble. Atlantic believes that the story of a play
and the intent of its playwright are at the core of the creative process. The
plays in the Atlantic repertory, from both new and established playwrights, are
boldly interpreted by today’s finest theater artists and resonate with
contemporary audiences.

Since
its inception over 27 years ago, Atlantic has produced more than 150 plays
including Tony Award-winning productions of Spring Awakening and The Beauty
Queen of Leenane (Martin McDonagh); world premieres of Almost an Evening,
Offices and Happy Hour (Ethan Coen); The Lieutenant of Inishmore and The
Cripple of Inishmaan (Martin McDonagh); Body Awareness (Annie Baker); Romance
(David Mamet); Through a Glass Darkly (Bergman, adapted by Jenny Worton);
Farragut North (Beau Willimon); Dreams
of Flying Dreams of Falling (Adam Rapp); Bluebird and Harper Regan
(Simon Stephens); Storefront Church (John Patrick Shanley); Blue/Orange (Joe
Penhall); Port Authority and Dublin Carol (Conor McPherson); Writer’s Block
(Woody Allen); American Buffalo and Edmond (David Mamet); The Cider House Rules
(adapted by Peter Parnell); Celebration & The Room, The Collection & A
Kind of Alaska and The Hothouse (Harold Pinter); Gabriel (Moira Buffini);
Oohrah! (Bekah Brunstetter); Mojo, Parlour Song (Jez Butterworth); Boys’ Life
and The Lights (Howard Korder); Distant Fires (Kevin Heelan); Missing Persons
(Craig Lucas). Atlantic has garnered 12 Tony Awards, 12 Lucille Lortel Awards,
15 Obie Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, five Outer Critics Circle Awards and
three Drama League Awards. Atlantic also operates The Atlantic Theater Company
Acting School, which has an undergraduate program in conjunction with NYU, as
well as a two-year professional acting program and a six-week intensive
workshop every summer. Atlantic for Kids and the Educational Outreach Program
partners with schools and teachers throughout the greater metropolitan area
coordinating in-school visits of teaching artists and post-theater talkbacks.

During
its history, Atlantic has garnered twelve Tony Awards®, eleven Lucille Lortel
Awards, fifteen Obie Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, five Outer Critics Circle
Awards, and three Drama League Awards.
Atlantic also operates The Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, which
has an undergraduate program in conjunction with NYU, as well as a two-year
professional acting program and a six-week intensive workshop every summer.
Atlantic partners with schools and teachers throughout the greater metropolitan
area coordinating in-school visits of teaching artists and post-theater
talkbacks.

Producing
great plays is only half of Atlantic’s mission. The ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL,
founded in 1983, operates as both a private conservatory and an undergraduate
program in conjunction with New York University. The school focuses on the
Practical Aesthetics acting technique, which grew out of a series of NYU summer
workshops in Vermont with playwright David Mamet and actor William H. Macy.

The
ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL fosters new generations of theater artists and audiences
by creating a student ensemble that allows emerging actors to hone their craft
in a safe yet challenging environment. This year the school reached an
enrollment of 440 students representing a large cross-section of social,
economic and ethnic backgrounds. Distinguished guest lecturers include Sam
Shepard, Margo Jefferson, Gore Vidal, Mary Steenburgen, Nicky Silver, Ted
Danson and program graduates Kristen Johnston, Camryn Manheim and Eddie Cahill.
Atlantic is committed to preparing its students for all aspects of a performing
arts career.